AHL Stock Recent News

A few new issuers went public this past week, joined by two SPACs. Three IPOs are scheduled to list in the week ahead, although some small deals may join the calendar at the last minute. Street research is expected for three companies in the week ahead, and one lock-up period will be expiring.

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen”) announced today the closing of its upsized initial public offering of 13,250,000 of its Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share (“ordinary shares”), at a price to the public of $30.00 per ordinary share. The ordinary shares were sold by certain entities managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (the “selling shareholders”). In connection with the offering, the selling shareholders have grant.

Shares of Aspen Insurance rose 10.8% above the offer price in their New York Stock Exchange return on Thursday, valuing the Bermuda-based specialty insurer at $3.05 billion.

Apollo Global Management plans to spin off Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited in 2025, targeting a $4 billion valuation, after postponing the IPO due to unfavorable market conditions. Aspen Insurance redeemed its 5.95% "C" preferred stock using funds from a recently issued 7% preferred, signaling positive financial health for existing preferreds. Aspen's Q3 results show improved financials, with $3 billion available to cover preferred stockholders, indicating a strong coverage ratio and market confidence.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. issued a new 7.00% non-cumulative preferred stock, AHL-F, with $200 million gross proceeds, rated BB+ by S&P and Ba1 by Moody's. AHL-F offers a 6.88% current yield and 6.59% yield to call, trading at $25.43, and is callable on and after 11/30/2029. Aspen Insurance shows stable financials ensuring preferred distributions are not threatened and sufficient common equity to cover debt and preferred equity.

The FOMC has clearly telegraphed we should expect another 75 basis point bump in rates. Today's fixed income returns are good and expected to get even better in a couple of weeks.